Nonstop flight route between Lompoc, California, United States and Suceava, Romania:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), Lompoc, California, United States and Suceava "Stefan cel Mare" Airport (SCV), Suceava, Romania would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,386 miles (or 10,277 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Vandenberg Air Force Base and Suceava "Stefan cel Mare" Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Vandenberg Air Force Base and Suceava "Stefan cel Mare" Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG):

• Although the construction of Camp Cooke continued well into 1942, troop training did not wait.
• The closest airport to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Lompoc Airport (LPC), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SE of VBG.
• The furthest airport from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,479 miles (18,473 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
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• The wing is organized into operations, launch, mission support and medical groups, along with several directly assigned staff agencies.
• In addition to its military mission, the base also leases launch pad facilities to SpaceX, as well as 100 acres leased to the California Spaceport in 1995.
• With the establishment of a separate Air Force in September 1947, Vandenberg became its first vice chief of staff under General Carl Spaatz, and succeeded him on 30 April 1948.
• In addition to being known as "Vandenberg Air Force Base", another name for VBG is "Vandenberg AFB".

Facts about Suceava "Stefan cel Mare" Airport (SCV):

• Suceava "Stefan cel Mare" Airport (SCV) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Suceava "Stefan cel Mare" Airport", another name for SCV is "Aeroportul Suceava "Ștefan cel Mare"".
• Ștefan cel Mare Airport opened in 1932 as Suceava Airport.
• Suceava "Stefan cel Mare" Airport handled 20,054 passengers last year.
• On 15 January 2014, the airport closed in order to allow the runway works to continue.
• Suceava "Ștefan cel Mare" Airport is an airport located in northeastern Romania, 12 km east of the municipality of Suceava, 30.5 km west of the municipality of Botoșani and close to the town of Salcea.
• The furthest airport from Suceava "Stefan cel Mare" Airport (SCV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,309 miles (18,201 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Suceava "Stefan cel Mare" Airport (SCV) is Chernivtsi International Airport (CWC), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) NNW of SCV.